Pigeon River

July 04, 2008

Roy Thibodeau

As a long time members of Song of the Morning Ranch my wife and I want to make sure that there is a balanced perspective on the unfortunate event on the Pigeon River. We may be made out to be enemies of the environment, river and fish. We are anything but. We may not be hunters or fishermen, but are serious protectors of the environment. More than many hunters and fishermen that I have seen. Two mishaps in the past 50 years seems like a pretty good record to me, and one of those was ruled in court to be partially the DNR's responsibility.

We are truly sorry for any damage to the fish and environment. But I am certain the government or one of its agencies would be less responsible and less responsive than Song of the Morning Ranch. Do we really want to give the government more control. Do you really know of anything the government does well. Consider Katrina and the current problems experienced along the Mississippi River. Unfortunated for sure, but it is sometimes hard to control mother nature.